Button-sewing attachment for sewing-machines.



PATENTED APR. 3, 1906.

C. E. ONGLEY. BUTTON SEWING ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING MA CHINBS.

DPLICATION FILED APR. 18, 1905.

`u i w` 6 UNTTED sTATEs VPATENT oEEroE.

CHARLES E. ONGLEY, OE NEW YORK, `N; Y., AssiGNoR oF oNE-HALFTO GEORGE v s. TERRY AND ONE-FOURTH To ELLAL. ONGLEY, BOTH .0F

NEW YORK, N. Y.

BUTTON-SEWlNC- ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING-MACHINES- To au whom, 'it vnu/y concern:

Beit known that I, CHARLES E. ONGLEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of .N ew York, in the county of New York and machine and embodying advantages in point of perfect operation, simplicity, and inexpensive construction.

' In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view, partly in section, of my device attached to a sewing-rnachinel device removed from the machine.' Fig. 3,is a sectional detail view of the means for piv otally connecting the pivoted arm with the adjustable link. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the Ost for ivotally connecting the adjustable ink to the 4oscillatory awl-carryin plates.

ln all the figures of th) ing my invention like reference characters in'- dicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the bed-plate, 2 the arm, 3 the needle-bar, and 3 the resser-foot, of a sewing-machine, all of whic parts are of ordinary construction.

The base 32 of my attachment is secured to the bedlate in any convenient manner, preferably hir screws passing throughA holes therein and'into the bed-plate and provided with bosses 4, 5, and 6 and a support 7 on its upper f ace the boss 4 having a screw-threaded ore. y

The arm 8 consists of a forward depressed forked portion 9 and a rear elevatedfportion 10, provided with a boss 11 on its under side,l adapted to rest on top of the boss 4 and provided with an elongated slot 12 to receive the upper'unthreaded portion of a.pivotscrew 13, the lower threaded portion of which enu ages the screw-threaded bore of said vboss 4.

lgaws 14 and 15 are pivotally and slidably supported between the forks of the arm 8 ona bar 16 and have s rings 17 secured to their inner faces provide with grooves 18, facing each other and adapted to receive the edges of a button, and thereby'support it.

Specication of Letters' I Patent.

Application filed llpril 18, 1905. Serial No. 2156,230.

`Fig. 2 is a plan view of the e drawings i lustrat- Patntea prix s, 190e.

To properly-position the button so that one of the eyes will come under the needle the forward end of two 'arms 1,8 18, pivoted together at 179, come into .contact with the edge of the button, and the rear ends are pir'-V Y oted to the jaws at 20, so as to move simull taneously therewith. The jaws are moved toward and' from each other, so as to aceommodate buttons of different sizes, -by means of a shaft 21, one end provided with a right' end secured to the bar 16 and the other endl is held against endwise provided with a notch enga ing a circular `groove in the shaft 21. It wl be noted that the button is held or clamped at three points in its circumferential ed e, one o int being at joint of the arms 18f an 18z an at a point in each of the grooves of the springs.

A gear-wheel 25 is xed on the upper 0rtion of a shaft 26, the lower'portion of w `ch engages the bore of the boss and this ear meshes with a gearfwheel 27 Asecure to the upper end of a shaft 28, the lowerjend of which engages and turnsiin the'bore of the boss 6. l

A disk vis secured to the top 'face of the gear-wheel 2-7 and is. rovided with an elongated slot 31, in whie a block 32 is located, said block havin 34 in the inner en of the arm 8 and being adjusted in said slot to regulate the throw ol' said arm by means-of a screw 34" engaging a "screw-threaded hole in the disk 30 and lts 1nner end projecting into the vblock and having a circular groove therein engaged byel screw 36. A

The lower end of an arm 40 is pivoted on the Nsupport 7, and its upper end xsprovided with an elongated slot 41. One end of a link 43 is pivotal the upper end of the arm b mean'sof-;.a screw 44, which passes throug and through a screw-threaded washer45-.andf

y and adjustably conneftedl ft'o.,

the slot' 4,1,

a pin 33 engaging a hole'.

cillate on the upper end of the screw 26 and provided with a pawl 49, adapted to engage of said screw 26.

It will be noted that the button is moved in a redetermined path, so as to allow the openings therein to come in-the path of the needle, said path being controlled principally by the location of the block 32 in the elongated slot 3l.

Une end of a link 60 is pivotally connected to the needle-bar and the other end pivotally connected to the arm 40.

It will be understood that to sew on a button having four holes the link 43 is adjusted to" and iixed in the position shown by the drawings, which will cause the pawl on each forward movement to turn the ratchet-wheel a ratchet-wheel 50, secured on the upper end the distance of one tooth and through the 4 pro er positlonrwhich will cause the pawl on eac forward movement to turn the ratchet- .wheel the distance of two teeth and through the medium. of the gear-'wheels turn the disk 3,() one-half of `a revolution, thereby transmitting movement to the arm 8, so as to, bring one and then the other of the holes under the needle.

I do not wish' to be understood as limiting myself to the precise detail and arrangement of parts shown and described, 'but reserve the right to all modifications within' the scope of my invention. f

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, issp 1. The combinationwith a sewing machineV of a button-sewing attachment therefor comprising a gear-wheel, a disk extending from the said wheel having an elongated slot, a block located in said elongated slot, a screw threaded throu h the disk and engaging the said block in a irection at right angles to the axis of said gear-wheel, means to clamp the screw in position with said disk, an arm pivoted to said block, means connected with the arm to hold a button, and means to rotate the gear-wheel, and thereby move the arm.

2. In a button-sewing attachment for a sewing-machine the combination of a gearwheel; a disk extending from said wheel, a block located in an elon ated slot in the disk, means to secure the sai block at various dis- `tances from the axialv line of the gear-wheel, an arm pivoted to said block, adjustable means connected with the arm to hold a but# ton, means to rotate the gear-wheel, a second pivot located to be engaged with an elongated slot in said arm, means to turn the gear-wheel and thereby revolve the 'pivot ex tending from said block, and move the means to hold the button.

3. Ina button-sewing attachment for a sewing-machine the combination ofa pivot, an arm having an elongated slot in about its central portion that is engaged with said pivot, a gear-wheel located under oneend ot' said arm, means to intermittingly rotate said wheel, a block arran ed to move with said wheel, a pivot exten ing Jrom the block, a screw perpendicular to the axial line of the pivot, means carried by the wheel for supporting the screw, means for connecting the screw to said block whereby said block may be adjusted and held at different radial distances from the axial line of the gear-Wheel, and means at the other end of the arm to hold a button. t

4. In abutton-sewing attachment the combination of an arm, means to move an end of the arm in a predetermined path, jaws slidably supported on the arms, springs having grooves attached to the jaws, an arm pivoted Y to each jaw, a pivot joining the other ends of the latter arms, means to open the jaws and maintain them parallel with each other, and at the same time move the joined end vof the latter arms in directions perpendicular to the direction of the movements of the jaws.

5. Ina button-sewing attachment the combination of an arm, means to move an end of the arm in a predetermined path, a bar on the arm, jaws slidably supported on the bar, springs having grooves attached to the jaws, an arm pivoted to each jaw, a pivot joining the other ends of the latter arms, a shaft, a right-handed thread on one end of the shaft, and a left-handed thread on the' other end thereof, another arm extendin from the said bar and engaging a groove of t e said shaft.

6. The combinatlon of a sewing-machine ,and a button sewing attachment therefor, comprising a needle-bar, a needle connected to the bar, an arm, connections between the bar and said arm to move an end of the said arm so as to carry the openings in a button in .the path of the needle. in a predetermined way, jaws extending from the arm, grooved springs extending from the jaws, arms piv- IOO oted to the jaws so as to hold a button at one a boss, a shaft arranged to rotate therein, a

gear-wheel supported onthe shaft, a ratchetwheel on the shaft, a plate fastened to the shaft, a spring-actuated pawl on the plate arextendingfrom the saidplate, Va second link pivoted to said post and adjustably pivoted vranged to engage the ratchet-wheel, a post Crr'ectqns 4in Letters Patent No, 816.815.

.to the arm, a. second gear-wlieel meshing with the first gearwvheel, a disk extendln from the second eanwheel, a block locate in an Yelongated s ot of the disk, a-pivot extending from the block, means to vary the vdistanceV between the axis of the pivot an'd the secondm hole at one end engaging the pivot of the said [SEAL] block, and an adjustable button-holding de- Vice at the other end of the arm.

Signed at New Yorlgin the county of New York and State 0f New York, this 5th day of April, A. D. 1905. v

u CHARLES E. CNGLEY.

Witnesses: CEAS.l L. WOLF,

A. B. BLAGKWOOD..

.y It is Ahereby eertified'that Letters Patent No. 816,815, granted pril 3, 1906, upon the application of Charles E. Ongley, of New York, N. Y., vifor an improvement in ,.Button-Sewing Attachments for Sewing Machines, was erroneously issued tothe inventor, Charles E. Ongly 'and George S. Terry and Ella L. Ongleyflas owners of v said inventionfwhereas the 'said Letters Patent should. have been issued t0 George'S. Ted-.ry and Ell-olI L. IOngley as owners of the entire interrestiin `said invention, as shown the assignments of record infthis office; `also,in line 7 of the grant and line 3 of the heading f the printed speeieation the words one-fourth should read one-haf; and that the said Letters Patent shoxilfl be read With these corrections therein thatithe salmel may conform to thevreeordof the case in the Patent Olee.

ISigned and sealedthis 24th day of April, A. D., 1906-.

F. 1. ALLEN,

C'mnm'ssione?1 of Patents.

Crr'ectqns 4in Letters Patent No, 816.815.

.to the arm, a. second gear-wlieel meshing with the first gearwvheel, a disk extendln from the second eanwheel, a block locate in an Yelongated s ot of the disk, a-pivot extending from the block, means to vary the vdistanceV between the axis of the pivot an'd the secondm hole at one end engaging the pivot of the said [SEAL] block, and an adjustable button-holding de- Vice at the other end of the arm.

Signed at New Yorlgin the county of New York and State 0f New York, this 5th day of April, A. D. 1905. v

u CHARLES E. CNGLEY.

Witnesses: CEAS.l L. WOLF,

A. B. BLAGKWOOD..

.y It is Ahereby eertified'that Letters Patent No. 816,815, granted pril 3, 1906, upon the application of Charles E. Ongley, of New York, N. Y., vifor an improvement in ,.Button-Sewing Attachments for Sewing Machines, was erroneously issued tothe inventor, Charles E. Ongly 'and George S. Terry and Ella L. Ongleyflas owners of v said inventionfwhereas the 'said Letters Patent should. have been issued t0 George'S. Ted-.ry and Ell-olI L. IOngley as owners of the entire interrestiin `said invention, as shown the assignments of record infthis office; `also,in line 7 of the grant and line 3 of the heading f the printed speeieation the words one-fourth should read one-haf; and that the said Letters Patent shoxilfl be read With these corrections therein thatithe salmel may conform to thevreeordof the case in the Patent Olee.

ISigned and sealedthis 24th day of April, A. D., 1906-.

F. 1. ALLEN,

C'mnm'ssione?1 of Patents.

1t is hereby certified that Letters Patent No. 816,815, granted April 3, 1906, upon the application of Charles E. Ongley, of New York, N. Y., for an improvement in Button-Sewing Attachments for Sewing Machines, was erroneously issued to the inventor, Charles E. Ongley and George S. Terry and Ella L. Ougley, as owners of said inventionfwhereae the said Lettere Pat/ent should have been issued to George S.

Terry and Ella L. Ongley as owners of the ent-ire interest in eaid invention, ae shown by the assignments of record iii-this office; also, in line 7 of LlnA grant and line 3 of the heading of the printed Specification the worde one-famili 'i should read one-half; and that the said Lettere Patent should be read with these corrwninnz therein that the naine may conform to the record of the case in the Patent (lilir-e.

Signed and ealed this 24th day of pril, A. D, i906.

l". l. ALLEN,

f 'nm mills'imier of Patents.

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